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Two days after NDTV's report revealed that students at Hullpur Government School in Sheopur were being served their midday meals on sheets of waste paper, the district administration swung into action. On Saturday, the same children who had been eating food on crumpled newspapers were finally served meals on steel plates. The development followed a sharp reaction from Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, who took to social media platform X on Thursday after reading NDTV's story. Tagging NDTV's reporter, Gandhi wrote, "I'm going to Madhya Pradesh today. Since I saw the news that children there were being served midday meals on newspapers, my heart is broken. These are the innocent children whose dreams depend on the country's future and they don't even have a plate of dignity. More than 20 years of BJP rule, and even children's plates were stolen. Their 'development' is just an illusion; the real secret to power is 'system'. Such a Ch...

As Prime Minister Modi met and commended the Indian women's cricket team for their "remarkable resilience and comeback" in the World Cup, he was asked a cheeky question: What is his skincare routine? The question came from top-order batter Harleen Deol, who also told the Prime Minister that he "glows a lot". Her query had the entire room in splits.  "I never thought about this much," PM Modi said, as he spoke to the players on Wednesday. A video of the interaction was broadcast on Thursday. When all-rounder Sneh Rana said "it is the love of his countrymen" that makes the Prime Minister glow, the latter responded: "Of course it is. It is a huge source of strength. I have spent lots of years in the government." He added: "Despite all this, the blessings keep coming in and it does have an effect on you eventually."  Every Indian feels immense pride in Team India's World Cup victory. It was a delight interacting wit...

In a quiet Jaipur home, the voice of nine-year-old Amaiyra still echoes from a WhatsApp recording her mother made a year ago. In the clip, the Class 4 student can be heard sobbing: "I don't want to go to school... don't send me." Her mother, Shivani Meena, recorded the audio and sent it to her daughter's class teacher, hoping it would alert the school to something troubling her child.  "I would speak to the class teacher, I spoke to the class coordinator not once, but a number of times over the last one year, but they would either shrug me off or ignore me," the mother alleged.  A year later, on November 1, the nine-year-old student of Jaipur's prestigious Neerja Modi School jumped from the fourth floor of the school building. She died on the spot. Her parents allege that repeated complaints of bullying, teasing, and verbal abuse with "sexual connotations" went unaddressed by the school authorities. Her husband, Vijay Meena, recalled a ...

The first phase of voting is done in Bihar and, with just days to go for the second phase and the results, NDTV spoke to Ruchir Sharma about what the state needs to do to be on the fast track for growth and what investors would like to see the next state government do to attract global investment. In an edition of 'Walk The Talk' straight from the hinterland of the state, including a makhana farm and a factory where it is processed, the global investor and author told NDTV's CEO and Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal that the state saw remarkable growth between 2005 and 2015, but now appears to be struggling to take the next step. He also spoke about the dangers of a welfare trap and how putting too much money into such schemes doesn't leave enough to invest in infrastructure and long-term growth. Asked about what he had seen on his current trip to Bihar during the election season and how the state has changed, Sharma said, "I have been in Bihar for four days on this ...

A labourer was robbed of Rs 500 by four men and his leg was held on a railway track until a train ran over it, severing the limb, in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on Wednesday. He lost consciousness after that and says personnel from the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrived a few hours later and took him to a hospital, but left the severed leg behind despite him pleading with them. It was only the next morning that the man managed to convince a different set of personnel that the leg was near the tracks and it was fetched. Over 12 hours had elapsed by then and it was too late to even attempt a surgery to reattach it. When senior GRP officials were asked about the incident, they denied the man was robbed but had no explanation for why they had left the leg behind or why it took half a day to get it. From his hospital bed in Ujjain's Charak hospital, Lakha, a resident of Palduna village, recalled the horror: "I work as a labourer near the station. Around 8 pm, I was returnin...

A shocking incident in Gwalior has once again raised alarming questions about women's safety. This time, right under the nose of the police. Three men in an autorickshaw allegedly tried to kidnap a first-year student in broad daylight, barely 50 steps away from the women's police station in Padav. The incident was captured on CCTV. According to the police, it happened at 11 am when the girl was walking to college. An autorickshaw parked nearby suddenly pulled up behind her. One of the men inside grabbed her hand, while another jumped out and tried to lift her by the leg. The auto driver reportedly shouted at the others to force her inside the vehicle. Showing remarkable courage, the minor fought back, freed herself from their grip, and ran toward the women's police station for help. However, before assistance could reach, the men abandoned the autorickshaw and fled on foot. The girl, terrified and shocked, returned home and came to the police station later to file a comp...